A low-loss beam splitter with an optimized waveguide structure

Novel beam splitters with optimized waveguide structures are designed and fabricated using reactive ion etching. At 1.15 mu m the excess loss of the beam splitter is measured to be 1.2 dB for TE and 1.8 dB for TM polarizations, respectively.<<ETX>>

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